Cleveland BioLabs, Inc. announced the nomination of Daniel Hoth, M.D., Alexander Polinsky, Ph.D. and Richard McGowan, J.D., to its board of directors and the pending retirement of directors David Hohn, M.D. and Paul DiCorleto, Ph.D. following the expiration of their current term of service at the company's upcoming annual meeting. Since 1997, Dr. Hoth has been a full time consultant in oncology drug development. From 1993 to 1997, he served as Senior Vice President of Development and Chief Medical Officer of Axys Pharmaceuticals, as well as Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer at Cell Genesys.

Dr. Polinsky is currently Chief Executive Officer and President of OncoTartis, Inc. and Everon Biosciences, Inc. Dr. Polinsky also serves on the Boards of 4Medica, Inc., Gowan Company and AtheroNova, Inc. Mr. McGowan has been admitted to the practice of law in the states of Connecticut, New York and Massachusetts and numerous Federal Courts for over 30 years, retiring from active practice in 2010. From 1985 to 2009, Mr. McGowan specialized on a national level in the prosecution of mass tort pharmaceutical drug, product liability, and class action cases where he served on several Lead Plaintiff Committees and as Class Counsel, first as a Partner at Rheingold & McGowan, P.C., and then while Of Counsel for Weitz & Luxenberg, P.C. Since 2008 he has been involved as a private investor in micro-cap companies.